No family can escape from these experiences unscathed. Stress, depression, anxiety and burn out are just some of the ways in which parents and children alike are suffering from the current situation. Parents are quicker to be angry with their children. They are under constant pressure. They have become more concerned with survival and less concerned with spending quality time together as a family.

The Department of Social Services of the Samaria Regional Council has been conducting over three years a series of mini-seminars to help families and children to better cope with these uncertain times. We take families away from the stressful environment of their homes and communities and bring them to a hotel for an educational and relaxing weekend. Upon arrival, participants attend seminars on stress management and dealing with depression, participating together in homogenous groups such as the elderly, teenagers, elementary school-aged children, married couples. At sundown on Friday the families participate in a traditional Shabbat, during which time they have an opportunity to meet with each other and trained social workers for informal discussions of issues.

The program strengthens each individual and the family unit, and gives them the proper tools to deal with their lives in these uncertain times, while allowing them time to discuss their stresses and concerns in a friendly, professional environment.

Our social workers provide all of the seminars, ranging from rap sessions to art therapy. This program, which has proven itself to be one of the most successful ways to assist families with this kind of stress, is much sought after by all of the communities of the Samaria Regional Council.

Here is how you can help…
Your donation of US $5,600 can help subsidize the cost of this weekend retreat for 40 couples.